“Authority is the source of knowledge, but the reason of mankind is the norm by which all authority is judged.Eóin, the Irish Gael AKA Johannes Scotus Eriugena (b.815 - d.877)”

“All that is is light”

“No sabemos lo que Dios es. Dios mismo no sabe qué es porque no es nada. Literalmente, Dios no es, porque trasciende al ser.”

“Anger should be especially kept down in punishing, because he who comes to punishment in wrath will never hold that middle course which lies between the too much and the too little. It is also true that it would be desirable that they who hold the office of Judges should be like the laws, which approach punishment not in a spirit of anger but in one of equity.”

“Like some winter animal the moon licks the salt of your hand,Yet still your hair foams violet as a lilac treeFrom which a small wood-owl calls.”

“Wer aber soll hausen in jenen Welten, wenn sie bewohnt sein sollten? ... Sind wir oder sie die Herren des Alls? ... Und ist dies alles dem Menschen gemacht?”

“The Earth is round, and is inhabited on all sides, is insignificantly small, and is borne through the stars.”